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Income inequality and health: Importance of a cross-country perspective by Karlsson, Martin, Nilsson, Therese, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Leeson, George

“…This paper uses a unique dataset-containing information collected in 2006 on individuals aged 40–79 in 21 countries throughout the world to examine whether…”
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Health care the Nordic way by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…Published: April 2016…”
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Healthcare, health and inequality in health in the Nordic countries by Christiansen, Terkel, Lauridsen, Jørgen Tranberg, Kifmann, Mathias, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Ólafsdóttir, Thorhildur, Valtonen, Hannu

“…All five Nordic countries emphasize equal and easy access to healthcare, assuming that increased access to healthcare leads to increased health. It is the…”
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The core of the Nordic health care system is not empty by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Christiansen, Terkel, Häkkinen, Unto, Kaarboe, Oddvar, Sutton, Matt, Welander, Anna

“…The Nordic countries are well-known for their welfare states. A very important feature of the welfare state is that it aims at easy and equal access to…”
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The future of health economics: The potential of behavioral and experimental economics by Hansen, Fredrik, Anell, Anders, Gerdtham, Ulf-G, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…Health care systems around the globe are facing great challenges. The demand for health care is increasing due to the continuous development of new medical…”
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Globalization, democracy, and child health in developing countries by Welander, Anna, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Nilsson, Therese

“…Good health is crucial for human and economic development. In particular poor health in childhood is of utmost concern since it causes irreversible damage and…”
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The Effect of Schooling on Mortality: New Evidence From 50,000 Swedish Twins by Lundborg, Petter, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Nystedt, Paul

“…By using historical data on about 50,000 twins born in Sweden during 1886–1958, we demonstrate a positive and statistically significant relationship between…”
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Technological Change Around The World: Evidence From Heart Attack Care by Moreland, Abigail, Mcclellan, Mark, Kessler, Daniel, Saynina, Olga, Hobbs, Michael, Ridout, Steve, Richardson, Jeff, Robertson, Iain, Closon, Marie, Perelman, Julian, Fassbender, Konrad, Tu, Jack, Curry, Grant, Austin, Peter, Pilote, Louise, Eisenberg, Mark J., Terkel, Christiansen, Ivar Søndbø, Kristiansen, Madsen, Mette, Rasmussen, Søren, Michael, Goldacre, Yeates, David G.R., Robinson, Michael, Keskimäki, Ilmo, Häkkinen, Unto, Veikko, Salomaa, Mähönen, Markku, Dormont, Brigitte, Milcent, Carine, Durand-Zaleski, Isabelle, Ethel-Sherry, Gordon, Haklai, Ziona, Kark, Jeremy, Shmueli, Amir, Atella, Vincenzo, Fabbri, Daniele, Vanuzzo, Diego, Pilotto, Lorenza, Pilotto, Laura, Imanaka, Yuichi, Yoshihiro, Kaneko, Noguchi, Haruko, Toyo, Eiwa, Young-Hoon, Kim, Bong-Min, Yang, Haug, Charlotte, Mcguire, Alistair, Raikou, Maria, Windmeijer, Frank, Boyd, James, Koon Hou, Mak, Kai Hong, Phua, Ng Tze, Pin, Ling Ling, Sim, Suok-Kai, Chew, Caren, Tan, Carl Hampus, Lyttkens, Dozet, Alexander, Lindgren, Anna, Höjgård, Sören, Öhlin, Hans, Paccaud, Fred, Burnand, Bernard, Wietlisbach, Vincent, Holly, Alberto, Gardiol, Lucien, Eggli, Yves, Mei-Shu, Lai, Joan C., Lo, Heidenreich, Paul, Mcdonald, Kathryn, Newhouse, Joseph

“…Although technological change is a hallmark of health care worldwide, relatively little evidence exists on whether changes in health care differ across the…”
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Making direct democracy work: a rational-actor perspective on the graphe paranomon in ancient Athens by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus, Tridimas, George, Lindgren, Anna

“…The specific way the Athenians set up their democracy presents both theoretical and empirical challenges. Decisions were taken by majority vote in the…”
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Review of Peter Fibiger Bang "The Roman bazaar. A comparative study of trade and markets in a tributary empire by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

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Economic matching theory in renal transplantation. Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2012 by Andersson, Tommy, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

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Habit versus choice: the process of decision-making in health-related behaviour by Lindbladh, Eva, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…Social differences in the role of habits in health-related behaviour are explored within both sociology and economics, where we define habits as…”
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Why the Econometrician Is in Good Spirits: A Workshop through the Looking Glass by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…Vita brevis, ars longa (or...life is too short for abstracts)…”
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A reflection on Richard B. Saltman ‘Structural patterns in Swedish health policy’ by Lyttkens, Carl H.

“…Looking back over 30 years of Swedish health care, professor Saltman examines structural changes in the Swedish health care sector. This is a very welcome…”
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Health, Economics and Ancient Greek Medicine by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…An analysis of ancient Greek medicine from the perspective of modern health economics improves our understanding of the ancient world and provides new insights…”
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Health Economics Letter: Breaking Bad Habits By Education -- Smoking Dynamics Among Swedish Women by Kjellsson, Gustav, Gerdtham, Ulf-G, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…In a dynamic Two-Part Model (2PM), we find the effect of previous smoking on the participation decision to be decreasing with education among Swedish women,…”
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Reflections on the Origins of the Polis: An Economic Perspective on Institutional Change in Ancient Greece by Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…From a beginning of small isolated settlements around 1000 B.C., the city-state (polis) emerged in Greece in the course of four centuries as a political,…”
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Do Education and Income Really Explain Inequalities in Health? Applying a Twin Design by Gerdtham, U.-G., Lundborg, P., Lyttkens, C. H., Nystedt, P.

“…We apply a twin design to examine the relationship between health and education and income. The estimated associations between health and education and income,…”
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HORIZONTAL INEQUALITY IN RATIONING BY WAITING LISTS by Tinghög, Gustav, Andersson, David, Tinghög, Petter, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…The objective of this article was to investigate the existence of horizontal inequality in access to care for six categories of elective surgery in a publicly…”
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Breaking bad habits by education - smoking dynamics among Swedish women by Kjellsson, Gustav, Gerdtham, Ulf-G, Lyttkens, Carl Hampus

“…In a dynamic Two‐Part Model (2PM), we find the effect of previous smoking on the participation decision to be decreasing with education among Swedish women,…”
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